Somerville (moon crater)
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| Somerville (center) and environs ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 8.35 ° S , 64.98 ° O | |
| diameter | 17 km | |
| Card sheet | 80 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Mary Somerville (1780–1872) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Somerville is a small lunar crater in the southern hemisphere of the moon. Its original name was Langrenus J .
Web links
- Somerville in the IAU's Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (WGPSN) / USGS
- Somerville @ The moon